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Latest News: 8 February 2012
F-35 Model Takes Pride Of Place In Milestones Of Flight
The Royal Air Force Museum has recently taken delivery of a full scale model of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Built by Lockheed Martin, the model is a fully accurate representation of the aircraft currently in flight test and due to enter service with the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy in 2020.
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Annual Battle Of Britain Dinner - 6th October, Washington D C
The Annual Battle of Britain Banquet.
Date: 6th of October
Location: The Willard Hotel, Washington DC
The 2011 Battle of Britain Gala Dinner, organised jointly by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Air Force Museum American Foundation (RAFMAF),will be held at the Willard Hotel, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC.
The guest of honour will be Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, KCB ADC BSc FRAeS CCMI RAF, Chief of Air Staff. Special Guests will include World War II air force veterans from both the United Kingdom and the United States. Amongst those guests will be Squadron Leader Tony Iveson who will share some of his memories on the night. Squadron Leader Iveson who as a young 20 year old pilot flew in the Battle of Britain before going on to join 617 'the Dambusters' Squadron.
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Sponsorship Opportunities Announced For Battle Of Britain Dinner.
Sponsorship opportunities are now available for the 2011 Battle of Britain Gala Dinner, organised jointly by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Air Force American Foundation(RAFMAF), will be held at the Willard Hotel Pennsylvia Avenue, Washington DC.
Outline details are given below. Please select read more. If after reading through this information you require fuller details please contact Angela Coleman on + 44 (0) 8358 4981 or email angela.coleman@rafmuseum.org
angela.coleman@rafmuseum.org to discuss your participation needs.
Individual requirements can be tailored by negotiation.
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'any Questions?' At The Royal Air Force Museum London
On Friday 29th of July, Radio 4's topical news programme 'Any Questions?' will be broadcast live from the Royal Air Force Museum London at 8pm.
If you would like to be a member of the audience and have the opportunity to pose a question about a topic of national interest that you are passionate about live on Radio 4 please email groups@rafmuseum.org with your name, address and telephone number for a ticket.
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June's Flickr Appeal : The Rfc In Canada And Usa
For June's Flickr Appeal we would like your assistance, if you are able to help, with the cataloguing of images from an album that was donated to the RAF Museum in November 1975 by a W. Morris.
The album is incomplete and in poor condition but includes photographs of Royal Flying Corps cadets in Canada and the United States of America during 1917-1918.
Can you provide more information and help the Museum catalogue some of these 128 photographs? If so, please follow the link below to the museum's Flickr stream.
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Museum Review Of 2010 Now Available To Download
The Museum's Winter 2010 Newsletter, which reviews the previous 12 months' history at our London and Cosford sites, is now available for the public to view on line.
Available in an easy to read 'flip' format, this newsletter looks at the major events which occured at London and Cosford during 2010 and also gives background information on major projects such as the development of the Battle of Britain Beacon and the raising and Dornier 17 restoration project.
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Museum Unveils The Battle Of Britain Beacon
As part of its modernisation and development plan the Royal Air Force Museum has undertaken the initial planning for a new Battle of Britain Exhibition at its London site.
The new building will allow wider public access and ensure that they Museum's unique collection of Battle of Britain aircraft memorabilia and archives is preserved for future generations.
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Museum Launches Battle Of Britain 70th Anniversary Photography Competition
Today the Royal Air Force Museum launches a national photography competition as part of its calendar of activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Accordingly, it is inviting members of the public to submit photographs taken at various Battle of Britain events that will be taking place around the country this summer. Entries should be made via the Museum’s website, www.rafmuseum.org.
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Branson Narrates Bader Biography
The Royal Air Force Museum is delighted to announce that as part of its monthly podcast series aviation entrepreneur and the founder of the Virgin Group Sir Richard Branson has generously given his time to narrate this month’s podcast “Bader: Fighter,Pilot”.
The podcast was specially commissioned to mark the centenary of Bader’s birth on 21st February 2010 and forms part of the Museum’s commemoration of the former Battle of Britain pilot. It examines the life of Douglas Bader from his near fatal air crash in 1931 -with the loss of both his legs at the knee - through his wartime service as one of the highest scoring aces in the Battle of Britain and his subsequent efforts to escape from German captivity after being shot down and captured in August 1941.
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Museum Launches Battle Of Britain Podcast Series
2010 marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. To commemorate this defining moment in the history of the Royal Air Force, the Royal Air Force Museum has, today, launched the first of twelve monthly podcasts which will explore throughout 2010 the history and mythology behind this legendary aerial conflict.
Deputy Director of the Museum, Air Vice-Marshal retired, Peter Dye states:
“The Battle of Britain is so engrained in our national memory that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between fact and mythology. It was the RAF’s Finest Hour, when its fighter pilots, The Few, were all that stood between this small island nation and subjugation. The image of white contrails against the fierce blue sky of the English summer has come to symbolise the Battle. Such is popular memory; yet the fighting actually took place across much of the country – and not always against a blue sky."
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Lord Young Visits Cosford Apprentices
Lord Young of Norwood Green, Minister for Postal Affairs and Employment Relations, today visited the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre (MBCC) at Royal Air Force Museum Cosford.
During his visit, Lord Young was given a tour of the Museum’s Conservation Centre and took time to meet and speak with the apprentices, in his capacity as Minister for Employment Relations. He was particularly interested in highlighting his support for apprenticeship schemes.
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B-25 Mitchell Grumpy En Route To Deliver R A F M A F Sword
RAFMAF Board members John T Sessions is flying his B-25 Mitchell bomber from the UK to Paine Field, WA along the route taken by World War Two bomb crews to honor those who made the trip in wartime.
On board will be an RAF Ceremonial Sword which will be presented to the RAF Exchange officer who has contributed most to Anglo-American relations in the past year.
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Museum Apprentice Wins Engineering Student Achiever Award
Daniel Perks, a junior apprentice at the Royal Air Force Museum's Michael Beetham Conservation Centre, was recently presented with the 'Engineering Student Achiever Award' 2009 as part of the Celebration of Work Awards managed by the Telford College of Arts and Technology (TCAT).
Daniel, aged 20 from Telford, was nominated for the 'Engineering Student Achiever Award' by his company representative Mr Tim Wallis, Manager of the Museum's Michael Beetham Conservation Centre. Daniels award recognises the increasing and progressive development that he has shown throughout his 2 years in the scheme.
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U S Recognition Of R A F Contribution In Iraq
The outstanding contribution made by the men and women of the Royal Air Force on Operation TELIC, and over the past 19 years in the Gulf region, has been formally recognised by the commander of US forces in Iraq.
General Raymond Odierno, the most senior military chief in Baghdad, has written to Britain’s Secretary of State for Defence, Bob Ainsworth MP, to express his “sincere gratitude” for the RAF’s commitment to the region since 1990, including its role since 2003 as part of Multi-National Force – Iraq.
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